| The Voyageur's Highway: Minnesota's Border Lake Land Contributor(s): Nute, Grace Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873510062 ISBN-13: 9780873510066 Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1941 Annotation: A popular guide to the state's canoe country from Rainy Lake east to Lake Superior tells of the famous explorers, great fur traders, voyageurs, Indians, and loggers who passed that way. Photographs and maps support the fascinating, authoritative text. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | United States - 19th Century - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers |
| Dewey: 977.6 |
| LCCN: 2003269678 |
| Series: Mysteries & Horror |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.55" W x 8.52" (0.65 lbs) 129 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The voyageur's highway was the route from Lake Superior along inland waterways to the Minnesota North Country. Countless people--explorers, fur traders, missionaries, map makers, lumberjacks, miners, naturalists--were drawn to the region's woods and lakeshores. Indians, French Canadians, Scandinavians, and Slavs all used the rich resources of the land to follow an old way of life or to find a new one. In a lively, clear style, Grace Lee Nute tells the fascinating story of their adventures and love of the land. The Voyageur's Highway serves as a dependable source of historical information on the fur trade era, the opening of the Iron Range, and the loggers' way of life. |